Call Sign: Pegasus

A short documentary on Chris Goldmann, Nelson Mandela's chopper pilot turned knife-maker, by Brian Fortune

In an impassioned and informative short documentary by director Brian Fortune, viewers are given a glimpse into one man’s extraordinary life. Chris Goldmann, the film’s subject, is the founder of Pegasus Knives. With deft attention to detail, material and care, Goldmann crafts magnificent utensils. His story doesn’t begin there, however. It begins first in rural South Africa, then moves forth into his tenure as a …

The Postcard is a Public Work of Art

Mailable works of art by 60 Britain-based artists on show in London

No matter where you go in the world, you will, no doubt, have the opportunity to pick up a postcard to commemorate the place and time. Taking the novel piece of rectangle card and transforming it into a canvas with near infinite potential, 60 Britain-based artists have created an equal number of post-able works to be shown as part of “The Postcard is a Public …

Stan Douglas: Luanda-Kinshasa

The Vancouver-based artist's 12th solo show at NYC 's David Zwirner gallery melds fiction and documentary through a six-hour film set

by Charlotte Anderson The recording studio on East 30th Street in Manhattan was once holy ground. Carved out of the abandoned remains of an old Armenian Church, it was a place where musicians shared in a mutual, perhaps now lost, struggle—to record that singular, perfect take. Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and Billie Holiday all made music there. Miles Davis recorded Kind of Blue there in …